Comment on Potential Decentralized Fediverse Alternative to Ko-fi, Patreon, etc.?
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoSure, but in the context of this discussion I’m responding to someone claiming that Lemmy has more censorship than Reddit. That perception is completely false and detrimental to the growth of Lemmy, which is why I’m trying to clarify the truth of the matter.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
It certainly doesn’t have more. Hexbear came from r/chapotraphouse being banned, after all.
But hexbear has 4.4 million comments, whereas .world has 4 million comments. By not federating, they’ve effectively removed more comments from their member’s feeds than .world has ever had on its own servers. That’s pretty huge.
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Hexbear had been around for like 3 years before lemmy.world was even created, that’s why they have such high activity numbers. Most of that activity is reactionary memes and rants about the media topic of the week, and hence largely meaningless and irrelevant content several years later.
My server is defederated from hexbear as well, because they tend to disrupt discussions with their aggressive, cultlike behavior. I wanted to like them, but they quickly wore out my optimistic goodwill with their puerile immaturity and unearned self-righteousness.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
And that’s fine.
But it’s also censorship.